Re: pppd: Serial line is looped back.

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From: Holland
Date: Sat, 19 Oct 1996 00:00

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John Saunders wrote:
> 
> Holland <holland@iinet.net.au> wrote:
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> >  pppd[298]: Serial line is looped back.
> >
> > Do I need a delay after sending the PPP command?
> 
> This seems to be caused by a delay between starting pppd on the server
> and pppd actually starting and disabling echo on the serial port. The
> simplest way to avoid this is to wait for the ~ character in your chat
> script. This way you know that pppd has started before your pppd sends
> packets down the serial line.

Another good idea, if a bit of a hack.
I have added the 'silent' option to pppd. it works so far.
NOTE: the 'passive' option only makes pppd passive after a first
attempt.

I'll cc: a copy of this to the last author in the pppd man page, Paul
Mackerras.
Is this a problem that could/should be fixed in the daemon?

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